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सर्वैः कलिङ्गैरासन्नः संनिवृत्तेषु चेदिषु । स्वबाहुबलमास्थाय न न्यवर्तत पाण्डवः॥६-५०-१६॥
When the Cedis had withdrawn, the Pāṇḍava, pressed hard by all the Kaliṅgas, did not retreat, relying on the strength of his own arms.
english translation
न चचाल रथोपस्थाद्भीमसेनो महाबलः । शितैरवाकिरन्बाणैः कलिङ्गानां वरूथिनीम्॥६-५०-१७॥
Bhīmasena, of great strength, did not move from his chariot-platform; with sharp arrows he showered and covered the Kaliṅga formation.
english translation
कलिङ्गस्तु महेष्वासः पुत्रश्चास्य महारथः । शक्रदेव इति ख्यातो जघ्नतुः पाण्डवं शरैः॥६-५०-१८॥
Then the king of Kaliṅga, a mighty archer, and his son—the mahāratha famed as Śakradeva—struck the Pāṇḍava with arrows.
english translation
ततो भीमो महाबाहुर्विधुन्वन्रुचिरं धनुः । योधयामास कालिङ्गान्स्वबाहुबलमाश्रितः॥६-५०-१९॥
Thereafter Bhīma, strong-armed, shaking his splendid bow, engaged the Kaliṅgas in combat, relying on the power of his own arms.
english translation
शक्रदेवस्तु समरे विसृजन्सायकान्बहून् । अश्वाञ्जघान समरे भीमसेनस्य सायकैः । ववर्ष शरवर्षाणि तपान्ते जलदो यथा॥६-५०-२०॥
Śakradeva, in the engagement, releasing many missiles, struck down Bhīmasena’s horses with his arrows; he poured forth volleys of arrows like a rain-cloud at the end of summer.
english translation